Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Cornell professors testify before House committee

Capitol Hill met East Hill as the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs tapped two Cornell professors for their expertise on the economics of international food aid and the realities of Chinese-American relations.

Business plan competition raises top prize to $25,000

Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship's seventh annual Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition has raised the prize for the first place winner to $25,000.

Cornell's Harvest NY plots northern expansion

An expansion of Cornell Cooperative Extension's Harvest NY agriculture program allows the program to extend its economic development activities to support farmers in northern New York state.

Johnson welcomes Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA students

The inaugural class of the Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA program arrived at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Oct. 1. The 59 students are here for the first U.S. residential session.

Zalaznick awards support course expansion, TAs

Eight faculty members from four colleges were honored recently with awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program, allowing them to expand courses or add teaching assistants.

Bluemercury founder Beck shares brand-building advice

Entrepreneur Barry Beck ’90 returned to campus Sept. 25 to share business advice with ILR School students. He is the founder of Bluemercury, a fast-growing luxury beauty products and retail spa chain.

Law alum visits his archives in ILR's Kheel Center

William B. Gould IV, LLB '61, returned to Cornell to visit the papers he gave to the ILR School's Kheel Center covering baseball, workplace racial discrimination and conflict resolution procedures.

Girls Who Code CEO to talk workforce of the future

Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, a national nonprofit working to close the gender gap in technology and prepare young women for jobs of the future, will speak on campus Oct. 7.

African banker Mwangi kicks off Dyson speaker series

James Mwangi, CEO of African bank Equity Group Holdings – a banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent - spoke on campus Sept. 22 about his business philosophy.